Guessing The LEAST To MOST Expensive High Gain Amps!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Can Ben Eller, Agufish, Kyle Bull and Andrew Baena guess the least to most expensive high gain amplifiers based on sound and feel? Let's find out!
Shoutout to @sweetwater Studios for letting us take over their studio for #gearfest2023: sweetwater.sjv.io/Fluff
Ben Eller: @BenEller
Andrew Baena: @BaenaCarcosa
Agufish: @agufish
Kyle Bull: @belligerentamateur
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:27 - Intro
1:14 - Kyle Bull Amp Testing
5:40 - Agufish Amp Testing
10:14 - Andrew Baena Amp Testing
12:40 - Ben Eller Amp Testing
20:06 - Kyle Bull Results
22:07 - Agufish Results
25:05 - Andrew Baena Results
26:49 - Ben Eller Results
29:34 - Amps & Costs
The Amps:
1- Peavey 5150:
2 - EVH 5150 III 50W 6L6: sweetwater.sjv.io/EVH_50W
3 - Revv Generator 120: sweetwater.sjv.io/Revv_120
4 - EVH 5150 Iconic: sweetwater.sjv.io/EVH_Iconic
5 - Soldano SLO 100: sweetwater.sjv.io/SoldanoSLO
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7 - Peavey 6505MH: sweetwater.sjv.io/Peavey6505Mini
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Let’s appreciate how each player the amps sound different. Gotta love that the tone is in the hands
That’s right! It’s crazy, even with a pretty compressed, high gain tone.
@@BenEller I love you uncle Ben!
@@KyleEwersMusic❤❤❤
Yep
@@KyleEwersMusicI’m in love with you
I can’t believe I never even bothered to turn the boost off 😂
I love how Andrew got it almost entirely backwards
I’ll stick to plugins 😂
@@BaenaCarcosa Same here, mate 😛
Glad that you got Andrew, Kyle and Ben on here.
Also, Ben Calling you “Brian” is pretty funny.
Ben was pretty thorough. Chugs, leads, clean, boost, no boost. Respect
Thanks dude!
@@BenEller And you were the only one to give it the Opeth test of quality. I heard that Baying of the Hounds riff. You have a bright future in amplifier QA.
Right from the beginning I thought, Ben will be pretty accurate, and he was. And it also shows that the 6505MH is not a bad sounding amp at all.
I was gonna say the same thing. And you could tell he was the only one that really seemed they were really seeing what the amp could do, like turning down the volume, playing different things, lead parts.the higher strings, etc. Everyone else just played a few power chords or lower string riffs, not really looking for the how the amp responded in different situations
Haha thank you!
I honestly thought that 6505 MH sounded fantastic
@@8KilgoreTrout4 It is, I have one. Really good sounding and most people only complain about the lack of low end. But there is a resonance knob with which you can add more low end than you realistically need. And to be honest, in a mix you cut off any frequencies below like 60 to 80 Hz and most people use overdrive pedals to clean up the low end anyway. With a 4x12 or 2x12, this amp ist toally gig worthy as well. I can only recommend it!
Freaking love this. I love all the guys here. Not surprised in the slightest that Ben almost 100% nailed this. Dude is just next level when it comes to gear. You can tell the man has been around the block.
Thanks so much!
I love how ben was the only one who did a clean sound lol
Lol
For real. I clean up an amp with volume too . Usually my neck pickup if there's a separate volume knob. Without, live is kinda hard. But I appreciated he went for that
Uncle Ben slayed.
❤❤❤
such a fun video idea! Good fun and great guests!
Love seeing collabs on YT
Ben got the order exactly right (if you leave out the 6505MH altogether) - that's WILD
Homeschool FTW!
11:26 The Doom 3 crew appreciates you.
🫡
16:41 look at Uncle Ben whipping out some Opeth for us! Song is Baying of the Hounds btw.
I’m glad you noticed!
Ben is definitely right on with checking how the amps clean up on lower volume. That is the big difference for me playing out of my Soldano versus something like the PRS MT15.
Yeah, that higher wattage with multiple gain stages really cleans up with the headroom, but it can cost a lot of money to get it. Lower watt amps can sound great, but don't expect the headroom to clean up the same as the expensive counterpart.. Although you can get pretty close on the money using various 3rd party pedals and products along with the amp.
Kyle's ears were operating on the logic of "closest to the reference, the better", by this perspective his picks were good
This is awesome! Love seeing you two guys do a video together
This is such an awesomely fun video. Love this type of stuff!
Not bashing the other players, but you clearly see (and hear!) the difference when a more technical/pro level player like Ben gets in and tests how the amps reacts in all forms of playing, not just balls out heavy stuff.
I was expecting to see most of the guys on here using the guitar volume knob from off to infinite along with increasingly heavier picking to explore the headroom of the amplifiers in order to judge the wattage and cost. Ben was doing that I think along with judging the noise floor. Great video, man.
Awesome video!!! Uncle Ben ftw!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Very entertaining and informative - thanks, Fluff!
Yoooo, Kyle is a good dude.
Dang right he is!
@@BenEller I'm melting over here. You guys!
So awesome to see Kyle on here with you! 👊
7-8 years ago when I first really started watching guitar gear channels, I would see 2 people pick apart the "gain structure" of 2 amps that sounded EXACTLY ALIKE to me and wonder how TF anyone could tell a difference, especially with YT's audio compression. Now, I'm one of those people that skips around in the video, makes my own decisions, and occasionally wows myself with the knowledge and experience I've accrued by playing with my own gear over the years. My marriage is falling apart, my dog is dying, and my kid is starting to resent me, but dammit I know the difference between a Boss Katana and a Peavey 6505.
I'd love to see the katana patch used!
This was so fun! Love it
Hands down the best gear video on the internet. Uncle Ben is my spirit animal.
Haha thank you!
That was awesome 🤘🏼
This was a cool video. I loved amp#3 the most each time ;)
At work but will check this out on my monitors when I get home. 🤘🏻 Curious to see if I can pick out the Soldano in the group
was just talking about the riffers of youtube and you got kyle,hunter ,andrew your just missing stat metal ray and me lol😁
Wow, im not a metal player they all seemed very close to me but Ben knows his gain, wow!
Homeschool!
Just from the play throughs - 4 sounds sick!! Not seen the end yet...
Wow, 3-5 would be my pick. Surprised the Iconic is 4 and one of my preferences, sandwiched right between the Revv and Slo.
That was a lot of fun! I enjoy seeing all my favorite guitar RUclipsrs doin stuff together.
Just goes to show, any decent amp can sound really good if you have a good cab.
I recently grabbed a Bugera 333xl head for 300 bucks used. Along with a blackstar series one 4x12, loaded with v30s, for 500 used. It sounds DOPE.
Kyle picks hard💪
This tells me you could give James Hetfield a Boss Katana, and Metallica would still sound killer
A Katana Artist Mk II would do the job. It's a level above the Katana.
I mean i dont think ive hears him sounding bad in 40 years lol
joyo bantamps like meteor, zombie, jackman for 150€ are just unbeatable in the low budget high gain amp territory imo! cheers 🎸👌
I really would have liked to see those in the comparison along with the Micro Dark and Micro Terror. But I don't think Sweetwater even sells the Joyos.
@@StephGV2 yes ! thats the sad part of all these commercial sponsored stuff 🙄
I love this. Very fun one with a lot of good faces! I didn't get any right. I have work to do.
My favorite gear guys all in one place. Nice! 5150s are sick.
I guessed the two cheapest ones in correct order and even figured out what the cheapest one was. Mixed the most expensive one with the second most expensive, and the third with the fourth - I'm happy I was mostly in the ballpark! Also I have to say, love the dynamics between you and Ben, been following both for years. Here's to hoping for more content together!
Just ordered a Soldano slo mini before watching this!
Damn Ben killed it
23:16 you tell Hunter he ranked the SLO as second cheapest, but on the screen you say he ranked it at the most expensive 🤔
Yea, this was done in a very confusing way. I don't really know how each persons rankings went. Should have used letters for the amps, and numbers for the rankings.
Yeah, I found that frustrating to write it off, but he ranked it as his favorite, or the screen was wrong?
This is why we call Ben our uncle
Eyyyy
Man this was really hard!
Interesting results lol!
Freaking awesome collaboration!
Good fun!
Recognized the SLO immediately, was surprised how much I liked the iconic though
Love Bens Humor :D
The EVH 5150 III 50W 6L6 was my fav
This was a great video. Ben and Hunter are 2 of my favs to watch, besides you "Bryan"....Lol
That was pretty cool bro.
Uncle Ben showing how to do it. Very nice video!
I like things that are nice!!!
Still maintain that the Iconic is an absolute steal for the features you get and the tone it produces. I learned the hard way, thinking more expensive amps would be that much better. Turns out they aren’t, and I think this generally proves it. Still like my expensive amps but I feel like you really start hitting the law of diminishing returns threshold with amps once you reach about 1k.
Before i finish watching, my prediction is uncle ben nails it. Either way, this was super fun. Thanks uncle fluffers.
Cool freaking vid. Nice to show how good some of the cheaper amps here can sound compared to some freaking monster amps.
Watching this video makes me really proud of my Boss Katana
That was fun.
We have a good time all of the time.
This is great
Great video Fluffy, Uncle Ben has an awesome EAR.
Thank you! It’s my left one. The other ear is just kinda alright.
So many cool dudes in one video! 😊🤘
That was interesting
Uncle Ben likes nice things except for that mini head 😂 he loves that one
Hahahaha
@12:52 is the sound of contemplating a restraining order.
that was fun
That stingray!! Where does one acquire one of these?!❤
I haven’t seen the end but number 5 for me. Sounds full.
I totally guessed the 6505 mini!
I wasn't the only one who thought amp 4 sounded pretty Opeth-y I see
this should show you that you don't need to break the bank to get a great sounding amp. I have the mh, got it used for 400 on reverb and its great at that price.
Funcle Ben didn't get rich selling rice for nuthin 🎉
Eyyyy
I was way off 😅 Would hopefully be better if I was in the room and able to switch between them myself. Most expensive to least through headphones I went 1. Iconic 2. 5150 III 50W 6L6 3. Control group 4. Katana 5. Generator 120 6. SLO 100 7. 6505 MH
I was really disappointed when it wasn't a solid half hour of tuning. :)
Your awesome 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Really dig the old crate heads they cost nothing I got one for 75 bucks it sounds pretty good
Ben was pretty much spot on!
Dang it I wanted the QC to be in here so bad!
Honestly more of this would be cool but throw some plugins in there to really make people confused lol. Just shows that great tone isn’t thousands of dollars away
Something about the last 2 I don’t like, the last one sounds like it’s on the red channel of a evh 5150iii 50 watt
14 minutes in. Albeit in listening on my phone. I'm going with the brighter amps being the most expensive and the huge Low end in the Middle and scooped at the bottom
This only reinforces that we listen with our eyes 😂
Wish my Katana sounded like that please please give us the settings 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 🤘
Difference between an expensive tube amp and a cheap tube amp is how many months or years before a part is going to go bad on it, or it stops working from being jostled around. This is why hand wired is my favorite, those circuits are tough and incredibly easy to work on.
Now is that the new excuse? 😂
For some reason number 2 stuck with me and it’s a coincidence I own one 😂
hunter has that weird "kinda smart, kinda ARF, ARF" maner. like you could meet them in a bookstore but he's the cashier who hates his job but loves the people he meets. his playing says it lol
I liked 3 the best
Yeah i thought it was weird how the numbers kept sounding weird between them, you swapped the amps around per player
"I don't know how to play E standard.." forehead slap...
Should’ve tossed in a 1974 Sunn Model T into the mix dang things selling for $5K these days. Of course it’s no where near a 5150, but that’s why it would’ve been fun.
I’d like to claim Internet brownie points - I recognized that the Mini Head is some sort of a lunchbox… but I thought it was the EVH 5150 lunchbox :(
Fluff didn’t have my clips in the video cause I guessed them all right 💅👀😂
Would have been fun to put a plugin in there just to mess with them
Where was the part where they were ranking them?
This channel is too tasty! My first comment was so embarrassingly wrong I actually deleted it. I don't think I've ever deleted one of my comments before lol
I picked the least expensive. It was my least favorite. The Iconic and the Rev won my favorites. The Soldano got my 2 least fav
Where is that pink guitar from the thumbnail? I feel like i got jebaited
For some reasons i like amp 4&5 but cant tell much of a difference cause the speakers and cab play a huge part in what’s being created. If price plays a difference for sound over the cab then ive been highly fooled